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March 24, 2008

2008 W-L Contest Entries

I received 72 entries this year -- by far the biggest turnout in the five years of the contest!

Since a tie is likely, Manny Ramirez's OPS will be used as a tiebreaker. For example, if Boston wins 100 games and Manny has a .900 OPS

Mr. X 100-62 .902Ms. Y 100-62 .898

both posters would be .002 away. I'll extend Manny's stats to extra decimals to determine the winner.

This year's prizes are: NESN's 2004 "Faith Rewarded" DVD and two soon-to-be released books: Jose Canseco's "Vindicated" (further 'roid ruminations) and "When Boston Still Had The Babe" (extensive biographies of the 32 players from the 1918 championship team).

PLUS ... a special grand prize! The winner is welcome to watch a 2009 Red Sox game* at Chez L-Sock. Game night includes dinner in our backyard, alcoholic beverages of your choice, and overnight accommodations. Transportation to the Toronto area not included. [*: Monday-Thursday only]

redsock, do you have an easy way to average out everyone's predictions for the win/loss and MannyOPS? Along the lines of tangotiger's community projections, it would be interesting to see what the consensus is.

enjoy the game! Out here on the west coast, I don't think I'll be able to catch it.